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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="16-108" title_number="16" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “governmental charge” means a tax, a fee, or any other charge that a county or municipality collects.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A governing body of a county or municipality may allow a governmental charge to be paid by credit or debit card.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The governing body of a county or municipality shall determine:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the governmental charges that may be paid by credit or debit card; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the types of credit or debit cards that will be accepted.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing body of a county or municipality may add a service charge to a governmental charge paid by a credit or debit card.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of the service charge:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not exceed the fee charged to the county or municipality for use of the credit or debit card; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall be determined at the time the governmental charge is paid.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A county or municipality that allows governmental charges to be paid by credit or debit card shall provide notice with each property tax bill or other invoice for which payment by credit or debit card is authorized:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>that a credit or debit card may be used to pay the governmental charge;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the types of credit and debit cards that may be used; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>whether a service charge will be added to the governmental charge if a credit or debit card is used.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
